オリンピア

Olympia

祭

まつり

festival, feast

奇祭

きさい

strange festival, festival with bizarre or unusual ritual

燔祭

はんさい

burnt offering (i.e. religious animal sacrifice)

勅祭

ちょくさい

festival held by imperial order

祭文

さいぶん さいもん

address to the gods, type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

獺祭

だっさい だっ さい

arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry, literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.

助祭

じょさい

deacon (Catholic)

合祭

ごうさい

enshrining together

供祭

ぐさい きょうさい

offerings, offerings and worship

親祭

しんさい

rites conducted by the emperor

祭器

さいき

equipment used in rituals

祭日

さいじつ

national holiday, festival day

学祭

がくさい

school festival

祭具

さいぐ

equipment used in rituals

祭服

さいふく

vestments worn by priests and attendants (Shinto, Christian, etc.)

祝祭

しゅくさい

festivals, feasts

祭る

まつる

to deify, to enshrine

葵祭

あおいまつり

hollyhock festival